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Evan Rodrigues enters COVID protocol as NHL struggles continues

The NHL already delayed all games that were supposed to play on Monday, including Penguins/Bruins, and we’re starting to see positive COVID cases after the Christmas break pop up on Sunday.

At least 42 new players entered #NHL COVID-19 protocol today- incl players from 4 teams (ANA, DAL, PIT, TBL) that didn't have any in protocol prior to holiday.

According to data tracked @DailyFaceoff, Winter Classic host #mnwild are only team currently uninfected. [knocks wood]— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) December 26, 2021

For Pittsburgh, unfortunately that was their second leading scorer in Evan Rodrigues testing positive for the team’s first player case in over a month.